science

A group of marine scientists conducted an experiment in One Tree Island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which exposed the growing risks which corals face with oceans becoming more acidic. For the purpose of the study, scientists pumped …

You know how it's hilarious when people give their dogs very human-sounding names? These citizen scientists decided to one-up this concept. Meet "Steve", a new type of aurora discovered by area locals of Regina, Canada. Citizens of the…

Most of us will never walk on the moon. I have accepted that as a fair trade-off for not having to pay attention in Physics class in high school. Truth be told, I have thought more than once about what it might be like to exist in a…

Stephen Hawking, who passed away early Wednesday morning at 76, has had a plan for his tombstone for over a decade. One of his most influential and controversial contributions to the scientific world is Hawking radiation, which explains…

Elon Musk is many things: the South African-born Canadian is a business man, inventor, investor, engineer, and apparently a mad man. But mad in the way any genius would be mad. This short video pretty much sums up how amazing and mad Elon…

What do you think of when you hear the name “Cheddar Man?" A rapper decked out in cheesecloth? A superhero with lactose intolerance? Surprisingly, neither is the case for this skeleton that bears the name. After a skull was found in…

You know how every time something happens with the sun or the moon, people tell you that it’s the "first time this has happened in x amount of years!?" Well brace yourselves, because those people are back, and this time they're scientists.…

Science has given us cures to diseases, technology which makes the most seemingly impossible feats possible, and now it has given us edible banana peels. Peeling the skin of a banana is now a thing of the past thanks to a Japanese company …

Remember when Pluto was a planet, then it wasn’t, then it was again? Is it a planet now? Who knows! Science is currently doubting itself again, trying to decide whether the biggest planets in our solar system are actually planets or just…

Gummy-bear aficionados across the world, you're going to want to sit down for this. This is an intervention. We're here because we love you and we care about you, and we can't sit idly by anymore while you throw your life away by eating the…